This is driving me nuts!
I have a Juwel Rio 240 aquarium which is planted. I have noticed some stunted growth in plants and was reading everywhere including here, regarding how to set-up correctly a planted tank. I have read about the must of 10x water circulation.
In my aquarium's case, the pump in the Juwel Bioflow Internal filter is rated at 600l/h. This is surely not a 10x circulation , even more considering the losses due to filtermedia.
I have tried today a Newave NW2000 wavemaker and i didn't like the effect! High currents, plant waving as if going through wind streams, suspended matter thrown all around the tank without getting nowhere near the filter intake! I have immediately removed it and will return it to the seller as already agreed.
My question is if the bioflow filtersystem on its own is enough for a planted tank? The circulation is minimal as you won't even notice a single leave movement, but on the other hand, Juwel state in their website that the Bioflow filtering system is intended to be "slow" in order to have crystal clear water. They also emphasise not to add any additional aeration to increase circulation as it will not benefit the plants but will damage their growth!
I tried to contact them on this matter but didn't get a reply.
I hope someone here can shed some light for me, as if the Juwel Bioflow internal filter system is ideal or up to the task of a successful planted tank.
For your information, i do not dose Co2, lights are on 8hrs a day (54W T5 x 2), and fertilize daily with Ocean nutrition Macro & Micro elements.
I have a Juwel Rio 240 aquarium which is planted. I have noticed some stunted growth in plants and was reading everywhere including here, regarding how to set-up correctly a planted tank. I have read about the must of 10x water circulation.
In my aquarium's case, the pump in the Juwel Bioflow Internal filter is rated at 600l/h. This is surely not a 10x circulation , even more considering the losses due to filtermedia.
I have tried today a Newave NW2000 wavemaker and i didn't like the effect! High currents, plant waving as if going through wind streams, suspended matter thrown all around the tank without getting nowhere near the filter intake! I have immediately removed it and will return it to the seller as already agreed.
My question is if the bioflow filtersystem on its own is enough for a planted tank? The circulation is minimal as you won't even notice a single leave movement, but on the other hand, Juwel state in their website that the Bioflow filtering system is intended to be "slow" in order to have crystal clear water. They also emphasise not to add any additional aeration to increase circulation as it will not benefit the plants but will damage their growth!
I tried to contact them on this matter but didn't get a reply.
I hope someone here can shed some light for me, as if the Juwel Bioflow internal filter system is ideal or up to the task of a successful planted tank.
For your information, i do not dose Co2, lights are on 8hrs a day (54W T5 x 2), and fertilize daily with Ocean nutrition Macro & Micro elements.